Missouri welfare benefits could be cut if House passes legislation

Intro:	Welfare benefits in Missouri would be cut if the House passes legislation heard in a committee
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Wrap:The House Children and Families Committee heard four bills adding requirements to temporary assistance programs.

These requirements include a work requirement, limits on food stamps and a two-year lifetime limit where a person is eligible for temporary benefits.

Cassville Republican Senator David Sater is the sponsor of one of the bills.

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Description: This is a temporary assistance to needy families, not a permanent assistance to needy families. We want them on their own.

Sater's bill has already been passed by the Senate.

Reporting from the state Capitol, I'm Hannah Knight.

Intro:	Missourians receiving temporary unemployment benefits would have new requirements if legislation is passed by the House.
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Wrap: A House committee heard four different bills dealing with welfare benefits in Missouri.

The bills include work requirements and a two-year lifetime limit for assistance.

Camdenton Republican Representative Diane Franklin sponsored one of the bills.

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Description: The state is not the end all to helping people move from a point where they need a helping hand to being in the workforce.

Opponents of the legislation say the bills would hurt the children of families in need of assistance.

Reporting from the state Capitol, I'm Hannah Knight.

Intro:	A House committee heard legislation that would cut services provided to Missourians eligible for welfare
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Wrap: The House Childrean and Families Commitee heard four bills that would limit the state's temporary assistance and the food stamp program.

Some of the changes would include establishing a work requirement that must be met before receiving assistance.

Amira Wyatt with Operation Breakthrough testified in opposition of the bills.

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Description: It is increasingly hard to support a family and truly support a family. You do feel like you're being penalized for trying to be a productive citizen. At what point can we change that?

The bills would also require the Department of Social Services to conduct an orientation for every person seeking assistance from these programs.

Reporting from the state Capitol, I'm Hannah Knight.